Adéle L Moodley is the Registrar at Rhodes University and an Adjunct Professor associated with the Rhodes Business School. Having been in higher education (HE) for almost twenty-eight years, holding extensive academic positions, she has a broad understanding of the South African HE sector. Her expansive experience covers HE teaching and learning, research and publication, supervision, and academic leadership. Her research interests have become keenly focused in two areas of governance and women in leadership in the sector.